The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-05
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
speolal Correspondenee OF THE NEWS

Special Correspondence of The NEWS
WASHINGTON, D, c., May 2.-Under
the direction of Commissioner Coleman
the department of agriculture has been
engaged during the past year in a care
full study of the question relating to
the manufacture of Oleomargarine and
other substitutes for butter, which,
during the past few years, has become
an important industry in some sections
of the country. Chemical and micro
scopical tests have been in progress for
several months. The results of the
observations will be of great benefit to
the consumers of butter and of inter-
est to the general reader. During the
course of the Investigations it has been
aScertained that large majority of the
Oleomargarine factories are run upon
the strictly business principle of secur-
ing the largest possible returns for the
capital invested, and the question of
public health seems to have been en-
tirely ignored. 1t has been common in
some of these establishments to utilize
the carcaSses of horses, dogs and swine,
and the manufacturers have not been
in the least particular as to the age or
condition of the meat, as by the use
of chemical preparations, offensive
smells are destroyed. The commits
sloner in his report says: Too much in
condemnation of these practices cannot
be said, and so long as l am commits
sioner of agriculture, just so long will
raise my voice against continuance
of the evil. There is a great deal of
capital invested in this enterprise, to
be sure, and particularly in the west,
but that does not justify it's manufac-
ture, in my opinion, for it is against the
people, and should be frowned down.
Chemical and microScOpical tests have
been in progress under the supervision
of Profs. Wylie and Taylor, of the ag-
ricultural department, for several
months, and the result of their obser-
vations will be of great benefit to the
consumers of butter. / trust they
will be scattered broadcast and bear
good fruit
During the administration of PreSi-
dent Grant a very beautifully designed
card, having in its left hand corner a
finely executed steel plate engraving of
the White House, was adopted for gen
eral use in issuing invitations to din
ners, and receptions at the executive
mansion. Subsequently a new design
was adopted and the stock of old cards
was placed in the room in which waste
material is stored. In looking about
the apartment recently, the president
CHANGED to discover the cards and he at
once resolved to turn them to account,
in supplying the ever persistent de-
mand for his autograph. The card S
were removed to his private Office, and
during the past week a very large num-
Der of persons who have written to the
president for his autograph have been
surprised to receive one of these beau
tiful cards with the signature ''Grover
Cleveland.
The fashionable amusement of the
city now. is what is termed a paper
hunt" Almost every clear day there
is held q meeting" The hunt con-
siStS in appointing persons as hareS
who are given a lead, distributing
along their route scraps of paper. The
object being for the hOunds-who are
the main body of the party-to follow
the trail of the hares and if possible
overtake them before they reach the
finish, which is generally about five
miles distance and near some residence
where refreshments await their arrival
and as the sport is one calculated to
sharpen the appetite, due justice is al
was done to the collation..
The Grant relics, which have been
for several months safely guarded in
one of the private rooms of the National
Museum, are now being placed on pub
lie exhibition. To-day two handsome
pluShed-lined cases filed with articles
from the collection were placed in the
north hall of the museum. near the
main entrance. They contain the pre-
sentation swords, gold-headed canes,
caskets, medallionS, and many other
costly and elegant articles presented
by different people at different times to
General Grant. Many of these articles
are souvenirs of his trip around the
world. There is splendid collection
of Japanese coins-one series of seven
pieces, old Japanese gold coins of huge
size, being valued at SIS 900. There are
also invitation cards, menu cards and
reminders of entertainments given in
his honor, engraved on gold plates II.
Emporia, with her broad, well-graded
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